^>^^Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
7ol. VIII, No. 13
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 13, 1945
IDatuson And Ashburn Are Nation Mourns Loss 0£
Elected To Student Body Offices Franklin D. Roosevelt
Poncie Dawson Will Be Chair
man of Hall Council; Susan
Ashburn Is Vice-President-Elect
of Student Body for ’45-’46
Poncie Dawson, of Cramerton,
vas elected during recent student
)ody elections to fill the office of
chairman of the hall council for
i.945-46, the same position that her
fister Sarah held in 1942-43, to suc-
;eed Mary Arden Tucker; and
Susan Ashburn, of Virginia Beach,
Virginia, to fill the office of vice-
Jresident of the student body suc
ceeding Sara Coe Hunsucker.
Before coming to Saint Mary’s
11 September, Poncie graduated
■’rom and took a year’s post-graduate
A’ork at National Cathedral School
n IVashington, D. C. Poncie was
laptain of the Gold Team, one of
die two athletic teams at National
pathedral, a member of the student
iccouncil, the Missionary Board, and
ii^he Glee Club. At Saint Mary’s
this year Poncie is secretary of the
junior class, and a member of the
phoir, the Letter Club, the Circle,
idhnd the Canterbury Club Council.
As to the election Poncie remarked,
'G’m thrilled at such an honor; and
although I’m looking forward to
working with the hall council next
year, I hate to be the one to campus
people!”
J Susan graduated last spring from
'‘Oceana High School at Virginia
(Beach where she was president of
her junior class, editor of the school
paper, a member of the Beta Club,
^and secretary of student government.
She received a medal her senior yea'r
for the best-all-round girl in high
school. At Saint Mary’s Susan is a
member of the basketball team and
nianager of the volleyball team.
V ith the usual grin that she has for
everybody, Susan commented on the
election, “I’ve never been so happy
.,|in my whole life! I’m going to do
my best to keep the high standard
that Coe has set this year in new
girl orientation and the like.”
sJVIildred Chappell Is Elected
President Of1946 Senior Class
^.Alildred Chappell of Richmond,
^ irginia, was elected yesterday as
President of the Senior Class for
next year.
Mildred graduated from Thomas
Jefferson High School in Richmond.
She has already shown herself an
outstanding member of the Junior
Class this year as a member of the
Bwimming Club, the Orchesis, and
as Vice-President of the Y. IV. C. A.
Hearing the news, Mildred said.
Honest, I’m so happv I’m right
sick.” ^ ^ ^ ^
1945-46 STUDENT BODY OFFICERS. Poncie Dawson, Chairman of
the Hall Council; Kathryn Fulton, President of the Student Body, and
Susan Ashburn, Vice-President of the Student Body leave Smedes after
Church Sunday.
Elliott, Campbell And
Pinckney Are Named Editors
Of 1945-46 Publications
Ginger Young Will Edit Stu
dent Handbook
Sally Ann Elliott, Jane Campbell,
and Mary Pinckney were unani
mously elected to the three student
editorships for next year in assem
bly April 10, after being nominated
by the Publications’ Staff. Sally
Ann will succeed Maria Gregory as
editor of the Belles, and will edit
the final two issues of this semester.
Jane will take over the Stage Coach
from Sue Moore, and Mary will suc
ceed Margaret Rodwell as editor of
Saint Mary’s Bulletin. Ginger
Young will edit the Ilandhooh which
states the rules and principles of
Saint Mary’s.
Jane Campbell, newly elected
Editor of the Stage Coach, is from
Atlanta, Georgia, where she attend
ed IVashington Seminary. lYliile
there, Jane’ was Editor of the Semi
nary combination paper and maga
zine. This year Jane has already
shown her ability as a member of
the Legislative Body, the Publica
tions Staff, Canterbury Club, the
Sigma Lambda Literary Society,
and the Circle. When interviewed
Jane replied, “It’s grand . . . but
I’m already praying for film next
year.”
Mary Pinckney, new Editor of
the Bulletin, is from Columbia,
South Carolina, now. 'When asked
where she was from, Mary reeled off
(See P. 4, Col. 2)
Circle Initiates Seven
New Members Wednesday
Campbell, Dawson, Durham,
Fulton, Guion, Goerch, and
Gregory Join Honorary Organi
zation In Midnight “Walk”
The Order of the Circle held its
third initiation of the year on Wed
nesday night, April 11. Two senior
day students, two senior resident
students, and three juniors were
chosen for this honor. In an im
pressive ceremony held in the back
quadrangle each initiate lighted her
candle with the old members from
the torch of Ann Edmunds, presi
dent of the organization. Then all
nineteen Circle members marched
around the campus in their tradi
tional, solemn file.
The new members are: Jane
Campbell, editor of the 1946 Stage
Coach; Poncie Dawson, chairman-
elect of the Hall Council; Betsy
Durham, secretary of the Student
Government Association; Annette
Fulton, president of the Dramatic
Club; Emma Katie Guion; Sibyl
Goerch, business manager of the
Stage Coach and president of the
Sigma Lambda Literary Society;
and Maria Gregory, editor of the
Belles.
Harry S. Truman, of Missouri,
took his oath as President of the
United States at 7 :09 p.m. Thursday
before Chief Justice Harlan C.
Stone. The cabinet will remain in
tact for the present.
President Dies April 12 at 4:35
P.M. In Warm Springs, Georgia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-
first President of the United States,
died suddenly yesterday afternoon
at 4:35 in 'Warm Springs, Georgia.
The President had been in ill health
for several weeks and died of a cere
bral hemorrhage. His death came
as a shock to the nation as well as
to the world, although high Govern
ment officials knew that his health
was weakening. Mrs. Roosevelt and
their daughter, Anna Roosevelt
Boettiger, were in 'Washington at the
time of his death; the President’s
four sons were all on active duty
with the armed forces.
Mr. Roosevelt, who died at the
age of 63, was the only man in the
history of this country to serve four
terms in the office of President. He
was inaugurated for the fourth term
in January with Harry S. Truman
as Vice-President, and lived to serve
only three months of this term.
Before the outbreak of our second
World War on December 7, 1941,
the President’s chief national inter
est was in Social Security. With
the coining of hostilities, his fore
most aim and interest became the
eventual defeat of Germanv and
Japan, and next the establishment
of a peace that would permit no war.
The President was in Warm
Springs, center of his National In
fantile Paralysis Campaigns. On
his last day he prepared the itiner
ary for his coming visit to the San
Francisco Conference. He had
planned to attend a barbecue given
him_ by the Infantile Paralysis Foun
dation Thursday afternoon, and at
the ^ time of his final relapse he "was
posing for a portrait.
Winston Churchill was so shocked
by the President’s death that he
made no comment to newsmen. The
strain of the Yalta Conferepce with
Mr. Churchill and Alarshal Stalin
is said to he the direct cause of Mr.
Roosevelt’s death.
Service men took the news rather
hard. One soldier in the European
theater said, “And he had to go be
fore he saw our victory . . .” Just
before the President’s death, high
military officers reported probable
victory in Europe before many
weeks.
The Army radio on Saipan was
the first to make the announcement
in the Pacific. At Okinawa the
news was broadcasted over the loud
speaker system of the amphibious
fleet. Work slowed but did not stoi) •
the terse Navy bulletin was followed
up by the declaration that the Presi
dent’s death was as much of a war
cpualty as any of those on the Pa
cific beaches.